() Suger, post station, night.

Ink covered the land, but Sugal, the third largest city in the Carol Kingdom, was still brightly lit. On the opposite side of the street where the post station is located is a gambling hall, and the sound of shouting and drinking can be heard from time to time. And as the saying goes: prostitution and gambling do not separate families. Next door to the casino is one of the largest brothels in Sugal.

All of this made Xu Zhixin, who was standing in the courtyard of the post station at the moment, angry. Recalling the scene of throwing his head and spilling blood on the battlefield with his comrades-in-arms a few days ago, and then looking at the filthy life of these nobles in front of him, Xu Zhixin couldn't wait to rush over with his sword and kill these nobles parasitic on civilians and slaves like slashing enemies on the battlefield.

Xu Zhixin, who was born as a commoner, knows very well how the people and slaves at the bottom of life live, which can be summed up not only by the word hard work. There is also humiliation, and the humiliating fate that seems to have been doomed for a lifetime is even more unbearable.

Look at those nobles, who spend their days in the wine pond and meat forest, themselves incapable, and enjoy a life ten million times better than that of commoners and slaves by virtue of the merits of their ancestors alone. They have power, status, money, land, and even the lives of slaves, and they have what they want. And what about the commoners? What about the slaves? What do they have?

As civilians, they can only have a small amount of land to live on, and they have to pay a lot of exorbitant taxes. And many, even more pitiful, had no land at all, and were forced into slavery after losing the last of their means of subsistence. The men became coolies for the aristocracy, and the women were treated as playthings. They have no rights, and even life and death are in the hands of the nobles.

When Xu Zhixin thought of this, he felt that there was an unswallowable evil aura blocking his chest.

Could it be that he is fighting desperately in front of him, just to protect these vampires, moths. He even felt that these people were even more hateful and hateful than the enemies on the battlefield, and they deserved to die and should be killed.

The night still seems long and far away.

It's been three days, and I've been to the door five times in the past three days, but I've been blocked from the door of Sufu. I really don't know what happened to Marquis Su, so he ignored the battle situation in front of him, closed the door of the mansion tightly, and didn't come out for three days. Even after identifying himself, he refused to meet. Which of these nobles can really think about the common people!

Although he has sent another person to the capital Kefield to report the current bad situation in Bollinger Pass, but far water can not quench the thirst of the near, and now the only one who can open the passage to Bollinger Pass and have the strength to support Bollinger Pass to resist the Atbury army is the 4,000 soldiers stationed in Suger and under Su Dongyao, which is his only hope now.

Xu Zhixin took out the sword blade on his waist and pointed at the night sky, and said secretly in his heart: If Su Dongyao still doesn't summon him tomorrow, he will lead the two hundred immortal brothers to rush into the Su Mansion with the sword in his hand, and ask him face to face if he still wants the land that belongs to their nobles, and he doesn't care about these ordinary people who have been cattle and horses instead of you for generations.

Lo Water's Edge, Night.

It had been four full days since they left Kefield, and Li Yuxuan and his party of four hurried to hurry, and finally saw Luoshui at this time. At this moment, the four of them were at a secret ferry port set up by the Li Mansion by the river. Far from the town and densely forested, the terrain is quite secluded, it is located in a valley, and the exit to the south of the valley is hidden between two high mountains, and only a narrow passage for one person and one rider extends into the valley.

Originally, Li Yuxuan wanted to set up this place as the station of the "Black Dragon Knights", but because the area in the valley was too narrow, although it was not a problem to be stationed temporarily, it was still not enough to become a long-term training base, so he had to give up. The north side of the valley faces Luoshui, and the river side is a gravel beach with a width of more than 50 meters. After Li Yuxuan's father, Li Xia, personally surveyed the terrain here, he decided to set up a secret river crossing site here, which was ready for emergency. Unexpectedly, Li Yuxuan and them really used it today.

At this time, Li Yuxuan and the other four were sitting in the secret stronghold, looking out at the gravel beach and the endless Luoshui. On such a night without starlight or moonlight, Luoshui is like an inky ocean, which is daunting. At this moment, they sat here, and all they could hear was the cold wind whistling through the mountains and forests and the sound of the river crashing against the rocky beach, and nothing else was heard.

"Big brother, are we really going to cross the river on such a night?"

There was a hint of worry in Li Yuyang's tone. Li Qiu, who was sitting on the side, also bowed slightly, obviously skeptical of Li Yuxuan's decision.

Li Yuxuan touched the scabbard of the Dragon Ancient Sword on his waist, and did not say a word, but moved his eyes to the window. Ever since he put on this sword a few days ago, there seems to be a force that binds himself to this sword firmly. Stroking the scabbard with his hand and thinking silently about his thoughts has gradually become a habit of his own.

Tang Xu, who was on the side, didn't seem to pay much attention to whether Li Yuxuan answered Yu Yang's question, but instead focused on Li Yuxuan's every move. For four days, Tang Xu has been carefully observing this good brother who has been friends with him for more than ten years. He found that Li Yuxuan had undergone a very big change in the past four days, which was not a change in appearance or body, but a kind of temperament and demeanor, which can also be said to be a psychological change.

He didn't talk much, but he seemed even more silent for four days. At first, Tang Xu thought it was the result of his longing for Bai Ruolan in his heart and the burden on his shoulders. But later it turned out that this was not the case, because Li Yuxuan's eyes changed. Originally, the enthusiasm and impulse hidden in his eyes were less, and even difficult to find, and the indifference in them was getting worse every day. His eyes are always looking at things in the distance, and his eyes seem deep and quiet.

Now Li Yuxuan uses his eyes more to tell others his intentions, sometimes seeing Tang Xu in his eyes, although the object is not himself, Tang Xu can still feel the evil in his eyes and the temperament that does not allow others to infringe. Even if Li Yuxuan is alone with Yu Yang now, he has lost a kind of harmonious atmosphere before, and he is beginning to seem a little crowded. And obviously, he has changed from his original admiration to a trace of awe. Perhaps, this is the temperament and charm that a monarch should have! His high position and power in his hands doomed him to face loneliness and learn to endure loneliness.

Now Tang Xu began to rejoice that he was not in the position that Li Yuxuan was in at the moment. Even if he has more power than one qiē in his hands, in order to obtain such power, he allows himself to endure loneliness silently like Li Yuxuan, and he would rather not have this kind of power, which may be the biggest difference between himself and him.

Gently touching the scabbard of the Panlong Ancient Sword that was flat on his legs, he seemed to have some kind of sense between himself and the sword, and he clearly felt that what he was holding in his hand was not a simple sword, but a passion in life that was born of anger. The sensation even made the nerves of my whole body jump, and the blood in my body boiled.

Since leaving Kefield, Ruolan has always appeared in front of her in the past few days, and the bits and pieces of her relationship with Ruolan from childhood to adulthood have always appeared in her mind. On the other hand, he is also silently suffering from the great pressure brought by family reasons. Now I am heading for an unknown future. What you will have to face is not only the challenges of perseverance, courage, and wisdom, but also the terrible thing is that as a commander, you must endure loneliness and pressure that ordinary people cannot imagine.

The river water of Luoshui was still slapping against the reef on the shore, but the sound of the river slapping on the shore echoed in Li Yuxuan's heart. Now the shape in front of him is extremely grim, and he who is in the game has no idea what will happen in the next moment. And whether he still has the time and ability to reverse this sinister situation is also unknown. The only thing he can do now is to rush to Sugar as much as possible to understand the reality in the northern part of the kingdom before he can make further decisions.

It's just that Atterbury's army will give itself so much time, and the Sky Dragon Cavalry lurking in the shadows is more like an occasional bomb hanging in Li Yuxuan's heart. There is also Basil, and even Fengxiang in the south, this qiē is beyond his control. This situation made Li Yuxuan feel a little powerless, and now, he deeply realized that the power he could control in his hands was so weak. Now I can rely on nothing but my own mind and a little bit of luck. It's just that until this moment, Lady Luck seems to be stingy with a smile on herself.

For four days, deep anxiety about the situation and endless longing for his lover have been tormenting him. It's only been four days, but I feel like four years are long. And the flavors mixed in it are not enough to be humane with outsiders, and they cannot be with outsiders. This is the painful stage that a person must go through to become a mature ruler, and it is the price that every leader must pay for the power in his hands.

After not receiving an answer from Li Yuxuan, Li Yuyang and his father Li Qiu also fell into contemplation like Li Yuxuan and Tang Xu, and the gloomy atmosphere brought by the night instantly filled the small house in the dense forest by the river.

At this moment, the knock of the stronghold's liaison broke the gloom and gloom of the room.

"Young master, the boat is ready, young master, please come down with your subordinates!"

Retracting his gaze from the window, Li Yuxuan got up and followed the contact and walked out of the house, and the others immediately followed. After a period of walking, a group of five people came to the gravel beach located at the edge of Luoshui, where a small boat was leaning against the river, swaying rhythmically up and down with the waves of the river. Another liaison in charge of the ferry was doing the final checks before setting sail, and the mounts of Li Yuxuan's four were already on the boat and waiting to set sail.

Li Yuxuan nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction with the work efficiency of the liaison, and then he was the first to step on the bow of the ship and enter the cabin, and the others also rushed in.

The liaison standing on the shore untied the cable tied to the boulder on the shore and watched the boat disappear into the darkness of the night.

Li Yuxuan in the cabin still didn't say a word, sat cross-legged, bowed his head and pondered, the five-foot Panlong Ancient Sword was lying horizontally on his knees at the moment. One by one, all of them leaned against the bulkhead and closed their eyes. After a few days of hard work, everyone quickly fell asleep.

Luoshui, the largest river in the south of the mainland, stretches for thousands of miles from east to west, in addition to the source, the distance between the north and the south is also more than ten miles, and it is called "the moat" by the historians and writers of the past dynasties. Therefore, everyone should take time to rest during this nearly hour-long voyage, so that they can have the energy to cope with the rest of the journey.